Colonial Club Estates, GA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.6 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Who runs the water here
Colonial Club Estates serves about 416 people through 154 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Forsyth County, Georgia. EPA system ID: GA1170008; phone on file: 770-887-3211. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Colonial Club Estates's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (0.6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Colonial Club Estates is 0.6 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.6 ppb |
How Colonial Club Estates compares
Of the 1,681 Georgia systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0.68 ppb; 15 are over 15 ppb right now and 131 have gone over at some point. Colonial Club Estates's 0.6 ppb sits at the 50th percentile in Georgia and the 45th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
7 other systems share Forsyth County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Colonial Club Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Forsyth Co. Water & Sewer | 161,200 | 1 ppb |
| Cumming | 58,661 | 0 (not detected) |
| Shady Shores Subdivision | 1,632 | 0 (not detected) |
| Deerwood Water Systems, Inc. | 405 | 1.1 ppb |
| Lanier Woods Subdivision | 182 | 0.7 ppb |
| Beaver Ruin Subdivision | 105 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wood Creek Subdivision | 95 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Cumming, GA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cumming, GA may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Colonial Club Estates whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.